Word: lures
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...biggest drains on U.S. gold -more than all the money spent by military dependents-is the flood of tourists who flock to Europe each year and leave behind them some $600 million. One way to get the gold back is to lure European tourists to the U.S. Two years ago President Eisenhower named 1960 as "Visit U.S.A. Year" and promised potential travelers that "all of us here will do everything in our power to make your visit pleasant and memorable...
TRADING-STAMP BAN won a state Supreme Court test in Wyoming, first state in 40 years to uphold a law outlawing stamps. Said the Wyoming court: "The lure of trading stamps is an evil" because it discriminates against small merchants...
...quickly discovered that the $10 million purchase price provided no guarantee for picking up the Times's readership. Acting quickly upon rumors of the sale, the rival Free Press raided the Times's circulation department, hired away 125 employees ranging from branch managers to newsboys. As a lure to former Times readers, the Free Press also began printing an afternoon "family edition," which is being sent to the Times's old delivery stations. Goaded into action, the News has started to strike back, printing 400,000 extra copies daily to be circulated to the Times...
...lure back fugitive investment money and to attract new capital, Lee offered five years' outright tax exemption to new industry. By last week Socialist Lee had landed eight new enterprises led by Shell, which is building an $18 million refinery...
...fails to keep a frothy head, or comes apart at the seams when tugged by two circus strong men. The ad industry has already run into trouble with the Federal Trade Commission for doctoring Brand X to ensure foolproof inferiority. Last week the inevitable happened: unable to resist the lure of all those free plugs, several firms are on the market with their own, on-the-level Brand X products...